Jesus Is Working
Author: Pat Aman..

When we are faced with a great need, either for ourselves or for others, we should begin by humbly seeking to know God’s will in the matter: “Father, what do You want to do in this situation?”

(St. John 5:17) Jesus says, “My Father has been working until now, and I have been working.”

(Matthew 17:20) Jesus says, “Because of your unbelief for assuredly, I say to you. If you have faith as a mustard seed, you will say to this mountain, Move from here to there, and it will move, and nothing will be impossible for you.”

Be careful not to start or end a prayer by saying blindly, “If it be Your will.” Rather, you should seek to know God’s will in the situation and then base your prayer upon it. Praying for a miracle is welcoming a gift of the Holy Spirit to manifest. When His will is to work one, He will witness that to your heart. Then you can ask Him to perform the miracle that you know He wants to bring about.

It is often important to exercise a key to the miraculous—the spoken word. God has given us authority over disease, demons, sickness, storms and finances.

(Matthew 10:1) says, “And when He had called His twelve disciples to Him, He gave them power over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal all kinds of sickness and all kinds of disease.”

(Luke 10:19) says, “Behold, I give you the authority to trample on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall by any means hurt you.”

Remember that we are his disciples now. We are the ones that He has called to carry on the work of the disciples in the beginning.

Often, we may keep asking God to act, when, in fact, He calls us to employ His authority by our actions with divinely empowered speech. Then we may declare that authority in Jesus’ name: we may command needed funds to come to us, command a storm to be stilled, command a demon to come out, command any affliction to leave, command a sickness to depart.

(Mark 11: 23-24) Jesus said, “Whoever says to the mountain, Be removed and be cast into the sea and does not doubt in his heart, but believes that those things he says will be done, he will have whatever he says. Therefore I say to you, whatever things you ask when you pray, believe that you receive them and you will have them. “

Believe in your heart that it has already happened!!! With the anointing of faith that God gives you, speak it forth. But remember, miracles come by faith in God’s present power, not by a ritual or formula of human works or willpower.

You need to also remember that the key to be able to have this authority in Jesus stands on where you stand in Jesus. You need to know Jesus as your personal Savior. You need to make sure that you keep His commandments. You cannot live for the Devil and then ask God to help you get out of trouble. You must come to accept Jesus as your personal Savior and then let God through the Holy Spirit start to mold you into the person He would have you to be. It will be a daily process. A daily Sanctification. You did not get where you are now overnight and it will take a life time of depending on God and His grace, to bring you where you need to be.

Asking Jesus to forgive you of your sins and come into your heart happens the minute you ask Him. Then you can become the clay and let Jesus mold you.

Note: I am looking forward to sharing God’s Word this coming Sunday May 3rd @ 11:15am est, in the vacant lot beside our home. It will also be live on my personal FB page- Pat AH Aman

Teaching will be on The Prodigal Son: Parable of the lost son and the loving father. Of all the parables that Jesus spoke, this one featuring the prodigal son may be the most touching and best remembered. Luke 15:11-32

And a song time for the children…
God bless each of you,

I promise not to keep you long, so you can enjoy the beautiful weather outside with your family.

We are hoping to cookout and enjoy swimming in the pool ourselves. They are saying 87 degrees….

A beautiful day to start off celebrating with God first and then Family.
Pat AH Aman

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2019 “Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals” and Christian Faith Publishers ….

Getting Back To The Basis
Author: Pat Aman

I love all kinds of Gospel Music. I love the praise and worship and even the more contemporary music that our youth listens to.

This week I have been listening to all my Gaither Gospel Series. I love the old song like I’ll Fly Away, He’ll Pilot Me, Precious Memories, He Looked Beyond My Fault and many many more.

It also gets me to thinking about church as a child. The church that you looked forward to going to. When ever the church doors were open, you just could not wait to get there. But lately churches have got to business like.

There are so many preachers that are trying to make money, to lift themselves high above God. The church is getting to commercial. Yes, now I understand that it takes money to keep a church going, but if the preacher is doing what he/she needs to be doing by preaching the Bible, then the money will come in to take care of the church. Churches have kept going and growing many years before there were T.V. and radio. Yes, God now has allow these things to help spread the word of God, but what has happen to the door to door evangelism. The personal hand shake. The friendly smile, the hug and love that people can receive by being in the church house.

Friends, we better get back to the basics. The “Go Ye” part. (Mark 16:15) says, “And He said to them, “Go Ye into all the world and preach the gospel to every creature.” We need to be personality sharing the Roman Road with everyone we see. Remember verses like Romans 2:12, Roman’s 3:23, Roman’s 6:23, Romans 10:6, Romans 10:17, and the best one of all John 3:16.

There are people dying and going to hell, because to many are sitting in their offices, talking on the phone letting satan keeping them to busy to do the Lord’s work. Remember I have shared with you before something that one of my Sunday School Teachers shared with us. (BUSY) Being Under Satan’s Yoke, (Thanks Jeff)

If you are saved you are a disciple and you better get busy sharing the gospel and not just on Sunday. And friends you do not need your preacher permission to witness and visit the sick.

And if God has call you to be a preacher, you better get down on your knees and make sure you are doing what He has called you to do. If you are just sharing the Gospel on Wednesday and Sunday then you better get yourself straight, because it is a everyday job. Not a just when you want to do it. It is a 24-7 call on your life.

The time is near and we all are going to be held accountable for the souls that God sends our way and we do not share the gospel with. It is time we do like the old timers did. Don’t worry about our shoes being shiny, but get off of our bottoms and get a little dust on our shoes.

It’s time to get back to the old ways, Start caring and sharing the gospel. And the first place that we need to start is in the church. There are alot of people sitting on the pews of the church who are hurting.

Something I have always said, the church is no better than the person behind the pulpit. If that person is not taking care of God’s business then the church will not know how to take care of God’s business.

Today let us all make a decision to do the work of God. Do not let satan stop you from doing God’s work. Get down on your knees and ask God to forgive you for being lazy and then ask Him, “God what do you want me to do now?”

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2020“Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals” and Christian Faith Publishers ….

You Are Worth a Million Dollars, Plus
Author: Pat Aman..

As I think about life, I wonder? Life is a lot like currency. I worth is according to how we feel about ourselves.

I read the money breakdown a few years ago.

The dollar can be broken down into the quarter, dime, nickel, and penny.
The quarter can be broken down into the dime, nickel, and penny.
The dime can be broken down into the nickel and penny.
The nickel can be broken down into the penny.
The penny can be broken down into nothing.

After dwelling on the information above for a while, I thought. And you know me, hum, that is a sermon.

You know the penny is the penny. Without it other coins of money could not exists.

The penny is the only coin made able to stand alone and still have value in, and of itself. Yet the penny is often underappreciated, overlooked and seen as worthless, as something that can be disregarded, as something that isn’t important, because its value is small in the eyes of the world.

Maybe you feel like that too? Maybe you feel underappreciated, overlooked, and worthless. Maybe you feel disregarded and unimportant, like your value is small in the eyes of the world. If so, you are not alone.

Two thousand years ago, long before the penny and long before you or me, a man came to this earth as a tiny, underappreciated baby who was overlooked and seen as worthless by many in the eyes of this world. Yet He was not worthless; in fact, He was priceless.

That baby was small, though. And the penny may be small. And you may be only one person. But that baby was important, and the penny is important, and you are important…. simply because you exist.

Like the penny, you do have worth. Like that tiny baby (and because of that tiny baby), you do have value. You, are the building block that helps make everything else complete. So, remember that fact, not just during the Christmas season, but everyday, as you remember the tiny, underappreciated baby Jesus who came to this earth to become the ultimate building block for us all.

The word of God tells us that He knew us before we were conceived. That he knows and has every hair on our head numbered. So, I want you to know that You are important. God does not make mistakes. You were put on this earth for a purpose.

Now take the time and stop and ask God to lead you in the direction you should go. And what He wants you to do for Him today.

We are important to Jesus. He sent us to earth on an assignment.

Do, hows that going? Are you passing or barely making it?

We are His Disciples, and He has called us to tell the world about His love and tell the world to be ready, because He is coming again.

Every day, Jesus calls. Every day, we answer. Some days we run to keep up with His long strides. Other days we hang back with reluctance wishing He would turn His gaze elsewhere. Yet He keeps calling. Our response, whether joyful or timid or sullen, is our answer to His call.

Oh, He’s heard all kinds of answers before. He’s heard them from Peter, John, Thomas, Judas and others of that special band of twelve. And He’s heard them from the Seth’s, Mary’s, Benjamins, Daniels, and the countless other folks who followed Him from the Sea of Galilee to Jerusalem. All were disciples. His every day disciples.

You see, His disciples weren’t only the twelve Apostles. They were ordinary people like you and me. They might have met Him on a dusty road or encountered Him at the village well. Perhaps they prayed with Him at services or chatted with Him as they toiled at daily chores. But once He entered their lives, they responded. That’s the way it is with everyday discipleship. He is there. He calls. We answer. However, faint, our answer puts us among the ranks of His disciples.

So, do not wait on the Preacher, Teacher, and the Head Deacon, to do the job God called you to do. That is to live for Him daily. When you asked Jesus to come into your heart, you became a disciple. And one day you, as I will stand before God and He will hold us accountable for what we did and did not do. So, do not blame the Preacher, Teacher, and the Head Deacon for the lost souls around you. Take up your cross and do His will.

(John 7: 38) says, “He that believeth on me, as the scriptures hath said, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water.” NKJV

I Have No Fear
Author: Pat Aman

Isaiah 41:10
So do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

The devotional tonight is simple. Not a taught lesson. Just a thought from my heart.

I have gone to bed tonight, but I am unable to go to sleep. I prayed but still not able to relax. The wheels of my mind turning in different directions.

So much death and disaster in our world. But, I also see people helping people. Neighborhoods coming together. Yes, God is in control.

As I lay here I have started thinking of the old hymn. “Leaning on the Everlasting Arms.”

This words of this great hymn was written by: Elisha A. Hoffman in
1887.
Music by: Anthony J. Showalter, circa 1900.

Showalter wrote this tune and words to the refrain after hearing from two friends whose wives had died, and asked Hoffman to write the rest of the lyrics.

I want to share with you the words of this great hymn.

“Leaning on the Everlasting Arms”

What a fellowship, what a joy divine,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
What a blessedness, what a peace is mine,
Leaning on the everlastings arms.

O how sweet to walk in this pilgrim way,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
O how bright the path grows from day to day,
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

What have I to dread, what have I to fear,
Leaning on the everlasting arms;
I have blessed peace with my Lord so near,
Leaning on the everlastings arms.

Leaning, leaning,
Safe and secure from all alarms;
Leaning, leaning
Leaning on the everlasting arms.

I can say, I did not start thinking about this old hymn out of the blue. It was a God Wink.

I know that God through the Holy Spirit laid the words of this song on my heart.
He was letting me know that as long as I lean on Jesus everything will be alright.

We all need to learn to lean on Jesus.

We need to lean on those
everlasting arms. And as the songs says, “What a fellowship, what a joy
divine, what a peace of mind, with no dread, with no fear, I have blessed peace, because my Lord is near, Leaning on those everlasting arms.

I hope that as you read these words that you now also will lay all your troubles and worry in the arms of Jesus.

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2020, “Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals” and Westbow Press a division of Thomas Nelson

Church in Laodicea
Author: Pat Aman

““To the angel of the church in Laodicea write: These are the words of the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the ruler of God’s creation. I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth. You say, ‘I am rich; I have acquired wealth and do not need a thing.’ But you do not realize that you are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. I counsel you to buy from me gold refined in the fire, so you can become rich; and white clothes to wear, so you can cover your shameful nakedness; and salve to put on your eyes, so you can see. Those whom I love I rebuke and discipline. So be earnest and repent. Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me. To the one who is victorious, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I was victorious and sat down with my Father on his throne. Whoever has ears, let them hear what the Spirit says to the churches.””
‭‭Revelation‬ ‭3:14-22‬ ‭NIV‬‬

There are many in the world who are completely cold to the things of Christ. The gospel leaves them absolutely unmoved. It arouses no spiritual response. They have no interest in Christianity, no interest in the church. They make no pretense. They certainly aren’t hypocrites. They don’t even go near things that have to do with Christ. They are lost and they could care less. They don’t want to hear the Word of God at all.

On the other hand, believers are marked by a response to spiritual truth and they’re zealous and they’re fervent. And He’s saying metaphorically, I could take it if you were like Hierapolis because then you’d be real. I could even take it if you were like the cold water of Colossae. That’s better than being the foul water of Laodicea, lukewarm. Who are they?

Professing Christians, go to church, claim to know the Lord, but aren’t saved. They’re content with self-righteous religion. They’re hypocrites playing games.

They’re the kind of people described in Matthew 7 where Jesus says, “Many will say unto me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord,’ and I will say unto them, ‘Depart from me, I never knew you. You may have done many works in my name and prophesied and cast out demons, but I don’t know you.’” They’re like those in 2 Timothy 3:5 who have a form of godliness but without power.

They’re like the Jews in Romans 10 who have a zeal for God but not according to a true knowledge.

They’re just hypocrites, touched some way by Christianity but not belonging to Christ. And there is something obnoxious about them. They nauseate Christ. They make Him sick.

There’s much more hope, frankly, for one who has been untouched by the gospel. There’s much more hope for one who has made no pretense of knowing Christ – do you understand that? – than there is for the one who makes the pretense but his life illustrates that he’s not really honored Christ at all. In fact, I would say there’s no one farther from the truth in Christ than the one who makes an idle profession without real faith. He is really in Satan’s hands. They had bought a satanic lie about Christ. They were in religion up to their neck. They called it Christianity, they said they were a church. Satan was in control.

In the history of the church and in my experience, no one has been harder to reach for Christ than a false Christian. Satisfied with the measure of his good works, satisfied with his attitude toward God, and they sit in churches across the world. It would be easier to win a sinner deep in sin. It would be easier to win a criminal, it would be easier to win an agnostic or an atheist, it’s easier – Jesus certainly said – to reach the Publicans and the harlots than it is the Pharisees and the Sadducees.

There’s more hope for the salvation of an atheist than a spoiled, half-hearted, conceited hypocrite who thinks he knows the truth and pretends to accept it. Like the Pharisees, they don’t feel their need.

They have that lukewarmness of religion. They sense no chill. If they were cold enough to feel the bitterness and the severity of their sin, they would be more readily brought to the knowledge of Christ. But these conceited, self-deceived hypocrites, this lukewarmness made Christ sick.

But there was even something worse than being lukewarm and that was their self-deception. Look at verse 17. Here’s the second condemnation. Because you say I am rich and have become wealthy and have need of nothing and you do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked. Look at that, first part of – “Because you say.” Do you remember the study we did in Matthew chapter 7 and we talked about the “if we sayers” and the “if we doers”? If we say – if we say – if we say, Jesus said doesn’t mean anything. What matters is if we do, if we do, if we do. It’s not the people who say, it’s the people who do the will of my Father.

Salvation is the gold that makes people spiritually rich in faith. Salvation is the white robe that covers our sinful nakedness. Salvation is the eye salve that gives us the knowledge of God and of His truth. What’s He offering? An abiding faith, an abiding righteousness, an abiding understanding. You are poor, you are blind, you are naked. Let me fix that.

All that comes together when the sinner offers the price which is himself and when he repents to follow Jesus Christ.

Friends, there is so much more history in each of these seven churches. The history of each location had important roll to the status of these churches and their surroundings.

I wish I had more time to share with each of you every detail of the seven churches.

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2020, “Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals” and Westbow Press a division of Thomas Nelson

Tonight’s devotion is from Ordained Minister and Author: Meg Hart.

It talks about your life being in a turmoil when you try to take the ways of the world into the body of Christ.

The Bible says directly:

Ephesians 5:8 8For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the LORD. Live as children of light

1 John 1:5 5This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light; in him there is no darkness at all.

You cannot live for Christ if you continue to live and do the things of darkness.

6 Spirit-Powered Ways to Rid Your Life of Demons

Author: Meg Hart

Part of the great falling-away of the church has a lot to do with who or what the believer chooses to occupy their time with daily. Satan has sent his demons to create a self-serving group of self-proclaimed “believers” who have one foot in the Word and one foot in a world where one cannot be offensive, must tolerate everything and accept everyone. They befriend compromise and pride, and they coddle the sin in their hearts and in the lives of their family, friends and loved ones. They buy into and promote lukewarm theology that is festering spiritual pollution, disease and death throughout this world.

Jesus didn’t coddle demons during His time of ministry and warns the half-hearted church, “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth” (Rev. 3:15-16).

At one point or another, we have all fallen victim to indulging the lust of the flesh and walking in sin. However, if you have opened the door to the enemy by allowing him the space that belongs only to God, here are six ways to uninvite those demons for good!

1. Stop remaining a victim. Because we live in a fallen world, we are going to face persecution, assault from the enemy and personal attacks over our bodies, minds and spirits. We may be victims of these things when they happen, but we cannot remain there. Jesus paid the price to give us the victory. If we continue to live as victims and make excuse after excuse for why we can’t move past the situations or events that occurred, we are saying the cross was not enough to help us. Jesus paid the price, so we can conquer anything and everything the enemy throws at us.

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things? Who shall bring a charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns? It is Christ who died, yes, who is risen, who is also at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us. Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? As it is written:
“For Your sake we are killed all day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.” No, in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us (Rom. 8:31-37).

1. Do not be afraid to address sin! Do not try and hide and make excuses for your sin or the sin of your family and friends. It can be so easy to point out the sin in others, but so hard to face our own sin. “Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, it is sin” (James 4:17). Pride will make excuses, lie or bury the truth. Do not be deceived. Run to the cross and repent. Don’t be afraid to encourage friend family and loved ones who are in habitual sin to do the same. You may face rejection and mockery, but do not be afraid to get rude with the devil. Just as each of will stand before God for our owns sins, we will also stand before him for the opportunities missed to help a brother or sister in Christ by speaking the truth in love. “Brothers, if any one of you strays from the truth and someone corrects him, 20 let him know that he who converts the sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins” (James 5:19-20).
2. Stop centering your life around others’ opinions. Satan will use the need for acceptance, power, fame and fortune to open the door to compromise and sin. When you don’t stand up for God’s word and callout sin for what it is—a one-way ticket to destruction, then you are playing a dangerous game with demonic deception. Do not compromise out of fear that you will be rejected by the world. Choose to please God, desire Him and stand up for His Word over anyone and everything else. “Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him. For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world” (1 John 2:15-16).
3. Forgive others, yourself and God. If we refuse to forgive those who hurt us, even if we need to forgive ourselves or God, we are in sin. We are holding hands with the devil, and he is taking us on a road to bitterness, hatred and death. Forgiveness is a choice. It does not require feelings. It does not always guarantee an apology back or reconciliation with the perpetrator. However, when the we start to take the hand of deception and start skipping down the path of unforgiveness, pause to look at the nail-scarred hands beckoning us to stop playing games with the enemy and take His hand instead. Jesus had a choice. He chose love, grace, mercy and redemption at the cross and we are commanded to do the same. “Let all bitterness, wrath, anger, outbursts, and blasphemies, with all malice, be taken away from you. And be kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God in Christ also forgave you” (Eph. 4:31-32).
4. Use your God-given authority. Stop wasting time playing with the demons sent out to destroy you. We must go to the secret place and draw on the authority given through Jesus and spend our time in prayer and speaking in tongues. This will silence Satan’s lies and amplify God’s truth. “But when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own authority. But He will speak whatever He hears, and He will tell you things that are to come. He will glorify Me, for He will receive from Me and will declare it to you. All that the Father has is Mine. Therefore I said that He will take what is Mine and will declare it to you” (John 16:13-15).
5. Do not be afraid to seek help and deliverance. If you coddle the demons long enough, they will overcome you. Just like a bully who demands your attention, action, time and money, the demons you allow to actively participate in your life will destroy the opportunities God has for you in this life. If you have allowed them control, and you feel like you can’t walk away, it’s time to seek help. Go to your pastors, and brothers and sisters in Christ for prayer and support. Prayerfully find a full-gospel, Bible-believing, Spirit-filled church that has Christian counseling and healing and deliverance ministries. There is no shame in seeking freedom. “Confess your faults to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man accomplishes much” (James 5:16).

The return of Jesus is coming soon. Will He find you a hot, on-fire follower living out the freedom He died to give you, or will He see you hanging out and playing games with the demons sent out to destroy your life? Stop indulging the demons in your life, and seek holiness and freedom while there is still time! Your life and the lives you influence depend on it! “Fight the good fight of faith. Lay hold on eternal life, to which you are called and have professed a good profession before many witnesses” (1 Tim. 6:12).

Pastor Meg Hart founded Restored Women in 2015 and Restored Global in 2018, both ministries birthed into her heart from God as a result of the great revelation, redirection and restoration she experienced through Jesus.

She is an ordained pastor through Global Ministries and Relief Inc. and the Full Gospel Fellowship. She holds a master’s degree in organizational leadership from Regent University and is currently in her final year as a doctoral student for the Ed.D. in performance improvement leadership at Capella University.

She is the proud mother of one daughter, Mackenzie, and serves at Life Church in Williamstown, New Jersey.

Compromise begins when we ignore God’s instructions and follow the world’s practices. Then we start loving people, activities, or things more than we love God and soon find ourselves pursuing what He has forbidden. We absolutely cannot live in the world of sin and call ourselves Children of God. We must let our demons of the past go. You can have fun as a Christian, yes, a Child if God, and not include the sins of the devil.
If we don’t heed His discipline, we’re in danger of losing what He intended for our lives. But if we refuse to compromise, we’ll remain devoted to Him.

God bless you,
Pat

Lot’s Compromises
Author: Ray Steffany…

So both of Lot’s daughters became pregnant by their father. Genesis 19:36
Before this incident, these two girls were physically virgins, but they were already debauched in their minds. They had long since grown accustomed to obscenity and unrestrained luridness, so, up in the cave on the mountainside, they seized the thinnest tissue of excuses, and the story ends in a foul orgy of drunkenness and incest. Lot had nothing but heartbreak and grief to show for his years in Sodom.

The Lord said, “For whoever wants to save his life will lose it” (Matthew 16:25a).

So Lot, trying to get the best out of both worlds, lost all and has become for all time the picture of the Christian who is saved, “but only as one escaping through the flames”

Corinthians 3:15-“Brothers and sisters, I could not address you as people who live by the Spirit but as people who are still worldly—mere infants in Christ.”1 Corinthians‬ ‭3:1‬

He has nothing but wasted years to look back on and eternity ahead. When you attempt to gain the best of both worlds, you destroy others beside yourself. What was the greatest pang in Lot’s heart when he awoke there in the cave in the mountains and learned all that had happened? Do you think it was grief over his lost wealth, his vanished honor, his troubled mind? Don’t you think that the greatest, deepest wound of all in that man’s heart was the recognition of what he had done to his loved ones in Sodom his little girls, his wife?

Your children are watching you who are parents, and they see your outward respectability, your desire to be right and to do good. But in some of you, they also see that the deepest thing in your life is to get gain or to enjoy pleasure. They see that you will quickly sacrifice a prayer meeting for a night out, that you are always willing to take a bigger salary, regardless of what it may do to the family in terms of new conditions or new circles of friends. They see that the things for which you sacrifice and are willing to skimp and save are not missions or the church or the work of God, but a new car, a new television set, nicer furniture, a longer vacation, or a pretentious home. They are watching, and they see all this.
Bit by bit these children lose interest in the Bible and church. They resolve to get ahead in the world and win the respect of Sodom no matter what moral restraint they have to throw overboard to do it.

This is why we see the tragedy of Christian homes where children are turning from God. And the deep sorrow these parents will carry to their grave, the deepest sorrow of their heart, will be that, though they still have their own faith, because of their compromise, they have lost their children. This tragic story of Lot is taking place here and now, in the modern Sodom and Gomorrah in which we live.
Life Application
We need always to remember we do not live in isolation. Do we weigh our choices, mindful that the direction we take has serious fall-out consequences on others?

Sudden Quiet
Author: Pat Aman

Matthew 6:33 – But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and his righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you.

Matthew 6:6 – But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly.

Romans 10:17 – So then faith [cometh] by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.

Luke 10:38-42 – Now it came to pass, as they went, that he entered into a certain village: and a certain woman named Martha received him into her house.

1 Peter 2:2 – As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby:

Have you ever read something, and it just seemed routine, and you forgot about it shortly, and then later you read it, and wow, it popped off the page to you, and seemed so meaningful?

I mean we often are so busy, that things just don’t sink in, because our mind are going in so many different directions.

I often think this could be part of the problem not only with our relationships but with our spiritual life. We get wrapped up in everything except something that profits our soul.

Suppose for a minute we could clear our mind of the clutter. Suppose we shut off the problems filling our heads and worrying us, suppose we shut off the thinking about things we need to do, suppose we shut off thinking about others, or how upset we are or what they did, or what they should have done. Suppose we held up a mental stop sign and said Quiet everyone… I’m cleaning house. Sudden quiet.

Now… I can take time to listen for God.

Nothing else.

Just Him.

If we did this each morning, even for a brief time we would see immediate results in the way we deal with life, others, and most certainly it would give God time to impart peace into our spirit. And hope, and inspiration. And… reassurance.

What if you made this your goal this week? Just a quiet time with God every day. Where you raised a stop sign and quieted everything in the world, but meditation upon God. And listen for that precious still small voice. Oh, how we need this my friend.

Think about it, don’t you need refreshing in your spirit? Don’t you need fresh hope? Don’t you need encouragement? Well what are you waiting for? Don’t neglect the One who loves you more than anyone else and has the answers to all you need. Take time for God!

Wait on the Lord; Be of good courage, And He shall strengthen your heart Wait, I say, on the Lord! Psalm 27:14

Wait and hope for and expect the Lord; be brave and of good courage, and let your heart be stout and enduring. Yes, wait and hope for and expect the Lord. Remember your source of strength is Christ, you cannot run the race of life successfully without a close, enduring, daily, ongoing vital relationship with Him.

In the last four weeks, people, friends and families have realized they have time on their hands.

I hope you are spending time with your Father God…

With our God we shall do valiantly!

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2020 “Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals” and Christian Faith Publishers ….

Roll with the Punches
Author: Pat Aman

I know I am not alone when God’s timing seems to not be in line of what I think my timing should be. There are so many times in my life that I have goof up by not waiting on God. I got in a hurry and boy did I pay the price.

Maybe you feel that God is leading you in one direction, but it maybe your own wants and desires and not God’s desire for your life. I will say you will find out fast that God is in control, because he will start allowing obstacles to pop up, and road blocks. He is not stopping you from fulfilling your dream, He is just trying to tell you that the timing may not be right. So, do not fret, just want on God and when you reach your dream it will be bigger than you could have ever realized.

Remember that God is always on time. Just stand still and let Him do His thing.

In the Bible we read of Paul who frustration and trying to do it his way did not work. But God’s did.

In the verse below you will read of one of those times in Paul’s life. So, take heed to Paul’s frustration and see how God worked it for His glory and not Paul’s.

Acts 20:16 For Paul had decided to sail past Ephesus in order that he might not have to spend time in Asia; for he was hurrying to be in Jerusalem, if possible, on the day of Pentecost.

Paul had made it known earlier that he had wanted to be in Jerusalem for the Passover. Here he is obviously still a long journey away and the date is past. He is not wild-eyed with frustration or crushed under grief or anything in between with the fact that his plans had to be adjusted. He is adjusting them and leaving the outcome to God. He passes by Ephesus. He probably felt that stopping there would be a significant delay, and he was probably right.

But that little clause – if possible – says that Paul knew God was in control. If God had wanted Paul in Jerusalem for the Passover, He would have simply done with Paul as was done with Phillip when Phillip was literally transported to the place where the Ethiopian eunuch was passing by in his chariot. Poof! And Paul would have been there for the Passover dinner.

Paul was sidestepping attempts on his life during his return trip. It was not clear that he would return at all. If possibly made allowance for God to send Paul to places like Ephesus along with significant delays for the purposes of the Lord.

Our schedules can be very important things to us. Preparation for a test or a special event can draw a great deal of our focus. But if God can move Kings and Kingdoms to satisfy His plans, our schedules don’t really stand a chance.

Phil 4:11-13 Not that I speak from want; for I have learned to be content in whatever circumstances I am. 12 I know how to get along with humble means, and I also know how to live in prosperity; in any and every circumstance I have learned the secret of being filled and going hungry, both of having abundance and suffering need. 13 I can do all things through Him who strengthens me.

Having our plans deviated is frustrating, or it can be. Paul had learned to roll with the punches and let God do with Paul as He needed. He had suffered a few punches – shipwrecked, stoned and left for dead, snakebite by a viper. That sure does put the wrinkle in our schedules into perspective. Try to see the trivial things that go astray during the day from the perspective that God may be working in your life. Trust Jesus with the trivial things in your life, and the important things will move into place where He wants them.

SEE…..we can face tomorrow for God is in control and He knows what is best for us.

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2020“Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals” and Christian Faith Publishers ….

He Gives Strength to the Weary, Yes, Even You!
Author: Pat Aman

Yes, You and I get tired. Sometimes just sick and tired. It could be from a work, the stress of daily life, family and friends. It does not matter how old or young you are, we sometimes grow weary. We must remember that Jesus, Himself had to go up on the mountain to rest and out in a boat to find a refreshing peace, so He could continue to do the work that His Heavenly Father had for Him to accomplish.

When I get this way, I go to one of my favorite Bible Verses. Isaiah 40:28-29, 28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.29 He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.

All of us know that the great and mighty everlasting God “does not become weary or tired.” But, we do. In our weariness and distress, we often forget that. Forgetting to depend on God’s almighty power and love will cause us to become even more weary as we think about all the things that are wearing us down. It is good to remember that God will strengthen “the weary” when they go to Him in prayer and faith.

We must know with all our heart and soul that we are never alone in our struggles even though it might feel that way sometimes. God knows absolutely every little detail about what is going on and He cares.

Isaiah points out “His understanding is inscrutable.” God’s depths of understanding are so far beyond our ability to know even our own situation. That is why He can be depended upon to lead us in the right way. God knows details we have no clue about. We must not worry and be concerned about our future for God already knows and we must remember that His understanding of all things can never be searched out.

Not any of us know or can find out all that God knows and has power over. Not even satan himself, or the demons of hell.

I think as a preacher, and I know I am not along in this, we all wonder are we doing any good. Is someone being touched by how we act or what we do and say. Is someone being encouraged and learning of the saving grace and mercy of Jesus Christ.

During this Covid19 quarantine we all have had to make changes in our lives.

We are doing things in away we never expected to ever have to do.

We have an empty lot beside our house. If you had told me just a couple months ago that I would be preaching on Sunday in that vacant lot, I would of thought, “one of us has totally lost it.” But, that is exactly what I am doing. Our Sub-Division has drawn together in love and fellowship.

And yes, we socially distance ourselves. A few families come and set 25-30 feet apart and we sing and hear God’s Word.

Another minister and myself were talking yesterday and neither one of us ever dreamed we would move to this unknown area. Now we know why. God had an assignment for us to do. So, now we are tag teaming on Sundays.

Our community even supports our local businesses by having different food trucks come one a week.

We even have a local band leader set up in his private yard and for musicians out of work to come sing for us. And we put tips in jars. Some of us come in cars, some from their porches and some in chairs 25 feet apart. And yes I am the local officer on duty. If I see someone not socially distancing, I address is immediately.

Even on Sunday we have our own microphones and a lot of hand sanitizer.

We have learned our neighbors names. We wave and smile at one another. We even offer food and a roll of toilet paper if needed. We take care of each other.

See, this is how God wants His world to be….

We must put our trust in God, our Savior and Heavenly Father and Redeemer.

Tonight, I came in after a very hard day, and I started doing the things I need to complete so the next few days will be in order. I turned the Gospel Music on and heard the song, Faces sung by: Greater Vision…

I really needed to hear this song tonight. See, even I was doubting if we were reaching anyone for Christ.

But, God not only let me hear this song but the song touch my heart.

Now, yes, I know that we human at times, need a pat on the back. That is the human in us. And thank God, He is always on time to turn us around and let us know that we are on the right path. But, we must just continue doing what He has gifted and called us to do. Yes, called us by our very own name.

So, during this time, do not feel like you are not doing a work for God. If you are reaching out and touching someone that you never thought you would. Well, God is pleased with you, and will bless you beyond measure.

Devotion Written By: Pastor Pat Aman Book © 1996/2020 “Coffee With Pat Daily Devotionals” and Christian Faith Publishers ….